Professor William Fisher teaches and writes in the areas of securities regulation and corporate law. He has authored numerous articles on securities law topics, and his scholarship has appeared or is forthcoming in the Emory Law Journal,BYU Law Review, Pepperdine Law Review, and Business Lawyer, among other venues. Since 2002, Professor Fisher has also authored the Caselaw Developments section of the American Bar Association’s Annual Review of Federal Securities Regulation. Prior to joining the Richmond Law faculty, Professor Fisher taught at Tulane Law School and the University of California, Berkeley School of Law. He is also a former partner at Pillsbury Winthrop LLP, where he specialized in federal securities litigation and lawsuits involving corporate fiduciary duties, and where his writing earned him a Burton Award for Legal Achievement.

Presentations

Presenter, "Mega Fines, Penalties, and Judgments: Accountability and Sanctions for Diminution of a Corporation's Ability to Play its Virtuous Role in Society," National Business Law Scholars Conference, University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law (June 2017).

Bar Admissions

California

District of Columbia

Professional Experience

Professor of Law (2014-present)

University of Richmond School of Law, Richmond, Va.

Associate Professor of Law (2011-2014)

University of Richmond School of Law, Richmond, Va.

Assistant Professor of Law (2008-2011)

University of Richmond School of Law, Richmond, Va.

Visiting Associate Professor of Law (2007)

Tulane Law School, New Orleans, La.

Lecturer (2004-2007)

University of California - Berkeley Law School (Boalt Hall), Berkeley, Ca.

Caselaw Developments 2016, Annual Review of Federal Securities Regulation, 72 Bus. Law 823﻿(prepared for the Subcommittee on Annual Review of the Committee on Federal Regulation of Securities of the ABA Business Law Section) (2017).